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Take Off Samarkand 2026 Will Take Place in Samarkand on June 3–4!

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Take Off Samarkand 2026 Will Take Place in Samarkand on June 3–4!

One of the leading meeting points of the entrepreneurship and technology world, the Take Off Startup Summit will be held in Samarkand in 2026. Taking place on June 3–4 in the historic city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the summit goes beyond being a simple event and is positioned as a structured platform that enables direct access between different ecosystems. Implemented with the contributions of the Türkiye Technology Team Foundation (T3 Foundation), the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Industry and Technology, the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye Investment and Finance Office, and the Youth Affairs Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Take Off Samarkand brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and decision-makers on the same platform every year.

More Than an Event: A Designed Access Platform

Since 2018, the core focus of Take Off has not only been growth, but also deepening the quality of interaction. This approach distinguishes the platform from traditional events by enabling real collaborations through intentionally designed, high-potential interactions rather than random connections. This structure allows startups to meet the right investors, institutions to connect with the right solutions, and ecosystems to engage directly with one another—transforming Take Off from an event into a designed access platform.

Real Interaction, Measurable Outcomes

Within the summit, investor–startup meetings, stage sessions, and collaboration spaces will be organized to facilitate direct connections among ecosystem stakeholders. With the participation of international private sector representatives, investment funds, and ecosystem institutions, direct engagement between different actors is aimed. Through curated investor–startup meetings, strategic collaboration areas, and focused networking formats, participants will not only build connections but also turn them into tangible outcomes. Insight-driven stage content and a selected participant structure further enhance the depth and impact of the Take Off experience.

Startup Applications Are Now Open!

Startup applications for Take Off Samarkand are officially open. Startups from around the world can apply to take part in this platform, gaining the opportunity to connect directly with investors, increase international visibility, and become part of the global ecosystem. 

The foundation's primary field of activity is the establishment and support of teams for technical trainings and workshops for secondary school, high school and university youth, as well as project competitions. The second field of activity consists of providing technical and logistic support to technology startups in incubation and acceleration centers and providing capital supports through venture investment funds.

The Turkish Technology Team Foundation was founded in December 2016 by a group of young entrepreneurs and young professionals who believe that realizing the National Technology Initiative is inevitable for Türkiye to raise its voice for a better world and become a truly developed and fully independent society and began operating in January 2017. You can find detailed information about our Board of Trustees and Board members on the "Board" page.

We provide support for startups within the scope of our 1001 Technology Initiative project. In our six-term acceleration program for early-stage technology startups, we offer investment support, office space, startup workshop, expert support, training, mentor support, and bring startups together with potential investors and customers through our investor network and corporate company cluster.

Our first priority is for startups to create added value with technology in critical areas that will increase the competitiveness of our country. On the other hand, we aim for these initiatives to create sparks in areas where there is a paradigm shift in technological development. We attach importance to the ownership of system/sub-system solutions, which are strategically important to be developed in our country, from the design to the product stage with the original design capability. Since we believe that ideas that stand on their feet are nourished by existing experiences, we want startups to be able to form technology clusters together with visionary institutions. In addition, we know that a good startup is made up of diligent people who believe in themselves, which is why we attach great importance to the team.

One of our goals as a foundation is to transform domestic capitalists into technology investors. We invite capital owners who currently prefer safer investment instruments to invest in national technology initiatives to realize the national technology move. In this way, we support our initiatives with our investor network and venture capital fund.